ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,094, issued on April 15, was assigned to Delta Faucet Co. (Indianapolis).
"Capacitive sensing faucet" was invented by Michael J. Veros (Carmel, Ind.), Kurt Judson Thomas (Indianapolis) and Randy L. Schneider II (Carmel, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic faucet including a first touch sensing area and a second touch sensing area, wherein an electrically operable valve is selectively controlled in response to certain touch protocols, such as tapping and/or grabbing the first touch sensing area and the second touch sensing area."
The patent was filed on Sept. 16, 2019, under Application No. 17/276,007.
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